Fluency appears secure, but comprehension does not follow.

You already know that speed and accuracy were never the whole story. This Fluency Tracker offers a sharper lens - a way to tell apart three things that can look alike from the outside:

  • reading that sounds fluent, but doesn't yet carry meaning,

  • reading that is effortful at the word level,

  • reading in which decoding and understanding move together, with ease.

Beneath fluency lies rhythm: the timing and flow that allow meaning to land. This Tracker is a way to notice, week by week, whether the child is building sensitivity to rhythm.

In just 5 minutes per pupil, the Tracker helps you notice 7 signs that the child's reading is gaining strength and connecting with language comprehension.

  • intonation and prosody

  • flow and phrasing

  • real-time understanding

  • attention stability

  • expression and enjoyment

  • articulation clarity

  • response to unfamiliar words

This is not an assessment of speed. It's a structured way to hear whether a child's decoding and understanding are moving together, in the moment, as they read.

Included: a short 30 minute professional training, explaining how to interpret the patterns you see and use them to inform targeted intervention.

If you lead reading in your school, or support pupils whose fluency feels fragile, despite good phonics, this was built for you.

Get the free Fluency Tracker & a 30-minute training to go with it.

Join the next live session

Thursday 6.00 PM (Europe / London)

This session is designed for:

  • Reading Leads

  • Literacy Coordinators

  • SENDCOs

  • Senior Leaders Responsible for Early Reading

You'll receive:

  • The 7 'signs' - these are included in your Fluency Tracker

  • A 30-minute professional training.

  • How to hear the difference between reading that only sounds fluent, and fluent reading that processes meaning.

  • A framework for targeted next steps.

Designed to sit alongside what you already do — five minutes per pupil, no specialist training required to start.

Enter your details and the Tracker arrives in your inbox straight away, with a link to access your training alongside it.

Free. No cost, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

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Year 3 Teacher, Lower KS2 Literacy Lead, London

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